The Writer's Compass

Presents ten step by step projects for decorating household items with charmingly rustic painted motifs featuring animals, fruit and flowers that will update and refresh the home. Extremely easy to execute: trace the design before following step-by-step instructions to paint it on to every kind of surface from metal buckets, jugs and tins to wooden boxes, chest of drawers and table tops. Detailed photographic sequences show how to prepare the piece and produce a perfect finish; also included are ideas for borders and alternative applications for each motif.